No stories to link to here. Just a simple question. How do you think having NO PRIVACY will affect your life?
Please consider multiple sources such as Govt, Insurance, Employers, Neighbors, Marketers and others I havent listed...

And so we come full circle ...
If they are going to strike it down because of its source (EO vs. act of Congress), then:
How can it possibly work to our advantage if the courts say, "This does not pass muster as an EO - but it might as an act of Congress ..."?
But if they are going to strike it down because of its substance, then:

But this just puts it under the best-case "pointless and unnecessary" branch of the "either-or" I presented. (And it could end up under the worst-case "counter-productively dangerous" scenario if the BATFE decides to change its mind.)
What is the point of issuing a regulatory EO that won't be enforced? How is an unenforced EO (or an enforced one, for that matter) supposed to preempt or beat down the Democrats' gun-grabbing efforts in any way? And if, as you say, the courts would give greater deference to an act of Congress, then why should the Democrats feel at all inhibited or stymied by Trump's supposedly toothless EO? Indeed, it seems that just the opposite should be the case. After all, sharks don't go away when there's blood in the water ...
In short: the Trumpslanation we have been offered for this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
The sensible explanation is that this is not a ploy and that Trump is simply a half-assed gun-grabber (as accords with the history of his remarks on the issue going back decades). No chess required.

You and dannno are trying to have it both ways ...
If the courts are going to beat down Trump's crappy gun-grabby laws, then why wouldn't they beat down the Democrats' crappier gun-grabbier laws? Or to state things the other way around, if the courts are at all likely to allow the Democrats' crappier gun-grabbier laws, then why wouldn't they be at least as likely (if not more) to allow Trump's crappy gun-grabby laws?
If they WOULD beat down the Democrats' crap, then why does Trump need to do anything? But if they would NOT beat down the Democrats' crap, then why should anyone expect them to beat down Trump's?
IOW: Either Trump's crap is pointless and unnecessary at best (at worst, it is counter-productively dangerous if it does manage to pass judicial muster), or it is not a ploy ...

And what, 75% of the top MILLION websites use Google Analytics?
There is more money to be made by selling data they collect on you than to send you a bill. Should WE not be the ones getting PAID to have all our shit tracked if they are making THAT much off of us?

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/12/18/1952236/turning-off-facebook-location-tracking-doesnt-stop-it-from-tracking-your-location
Companies are ALWAYS trustworthy, but your best friends and family should not be trusted nearly as much as Companies.

It's Quantum Dark Energy Wormhole Chess.
Anyone who doesn't see that this is just a tricksy feint designed to stick it to the Swamp and put the G in MAGA is a stooge or a shill.
(And anyway, Trump isn't perfect and Hillary would have been worse, so stop being such an ingrate. You should be thankful ...)

Fog I think. No rain overnight. I watched the highlights on my phone at work. Cam screwed the pooch with that end zone interception right before half. They are out of the running. Cam is going to have to work on his long game. He can't just rely on the short. I fear with his shoulder injury he may never get it back. Might be time to go on a QB hunt for the Panthers.

Freedom of Speech is NOT Hate Speech.
People have a Right to speak freely without fear of criminalizing everything that is not in line with the political party. The Freedom of Speech is there to protect the Unpopular thing to say. The Popular thing to say will ALWAYS be in support of the current Political Party that is in power, and the Unpopular is speaking in condemnation of it.
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The world will always be a better place if only we give those in power MORE POWER and only do what they tell us to do an donly think what they tell us to think. Everything else is prohibited.

Ok, gay is the new normal, straight people should hide in the closet, white people are all racist, if youre not white then nothing you say can be racist, Santa Claus should be Transgender. Whats next, saying Gravity is fucking racist? What about other obvious standards, like morning time is now racist? How about the sun is the center of our solar system, thats fucking racist too?
No, what they are doing is ACTIVELY DESTROYING NORMALCY. Those are the people that it should be VERY NORMAL to publicy shame and intentionally humiliate. I mean they are doing a fine job of it all by themselves, but seriously, when this is the ONLY thing that people hear, there MUST be a Counterpoint that stands by what has been and what always should be fucking NORMAL.

Video at link. Couldnt embed it, sorry.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nita_farahany_when_technology_can_read_minds_how_will_we_protect_our_privacy/transcript#t-183143
What happens when things you 'think' are interpreted as Dissident Behavior? Say hello to the Thought Police.
What happens when you have to give up your Thought Privacy AT HOME in order to even keep your job?

Of course a search phrase you use often is more likely to appear. So what? That's not the issue.
The question is: what if you have never searched for "Hillary Clinton "?
I haven't - but I just tested it, and when I type in "Hillary Clinton em", the only completions I am offered are "emoji" and "employment" (in that order).
How does that make any sense?

Why, yes. Yes, I have.
In fact, I've done a good deal of thinking about this very subject. I'll try to cram a few of those thoughts into a nutshell ...
That's what happens when you foolishly create an entire branch of government the sole purpose of which is to "legislate" - i.e., to continuously conjure up new rules from out of nowhere.
A great deal has been said among libertarians about fiat money - but fiat money pales into utter insignificance compared to fiat law.

Everything I described IS sex. Foreplay IS sex. We don't just read the last chapter of a novel. Or watch just the last 15 minutes of a movie. There is a beginning, a middle and an end. (And then sequels of course. ;))